Skip Through the Seasons - Tapa dura

This hide-and-seek book is full of things to look at and talk about as you journey through the changing year. In every scene, there are different items to find. Learn all about the seasons as well as different types of calendars through the ages in the fun and informative notes at the end. Education Market: It features informative endnotes that include information about the origins of the names of the months and days of the week, the history of calendars, and the seasons. The detailed pictures offer another layer of learning as young readers seek-and-find items in each spread. It is Practical Pre-School Silver Award Winner 2005. It is recommended by the DCFS for the National Year of Reading 'Book Ahead' programme. Gift Market: A large card-page format makes this book perfect for merchandising.

Stella Blackstone has written many popular titles for Barefoot Books, including the Bear and Cleo series, An Island in the Sun (HB: 9781841481920; PB: 9781841481944), Secret Seahorse (PB: 9781841488769; BB: 9781905236145) and Who Are You, Baby Kangaroo? (BB: 9781905236183). Stella lives with her family in Somerset. Maria Carluccio has studied art all over the world, and has also taught drawing and illustration at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. Maria finds her inspiration in everything around her, from the knick-knacks she collects in flea markets to scraps of interesting paper she finds on the streets. She lives in New York with her young daughter. Maria also wrote and illustrated The Sounds Around Town (HB: 9781905236275 BB: 9781846863608).